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Anyone who loves gadgets has probably been given a terrible gift – a phone projector.
These simple plastic gizmos are just a mirror and a magnifying lens, projecting a blurry image of whatever’s on your phone onto a nearby wall.
For years, that’s been about as good as pocket projectors get. There are cheaper, slightly higher-tech examples of these on Amazon, but the picture is still blurry, and the sound is unmentionable.
Best of all, their projectors are pocket-friendly in more ways than one. Not only does the ZIP Cyber Edition literally fit into a pocket, but all of these projectors are affordable, too. Aurzen’s projectors are on sale with as much as a 40% discount, just in time for summer entertaining.
The ZIP Cyber Edition is one of the most exciting tech products in years, and it makes a perfect gift. This clever tri-folding projector takes up no more room than a phone or power bank. Combined with Aurzen’s CastPlay Pro dongle, it’s simple to start watching without any complicated setup. That means 720p projection on demand, wherever and whenever you want.
It’s hard to overstate the possibilities. You can turn any wall in your house into a massive screen for movie marathons, live TV watch-alongs and multiplayer games. Hosting a group watch of the "Traitors" finale? Running a marathon Smash Bros tournament? Revisiting "The Phantom Menace", knowing your mate’s terrible TV won’t do justice to the kitschy prequel CGI? You need this pocket projector.
That means it can even be great for work. If your preferred meeting room is booked out and you’re shunted into a former cupboard with no screen for presenting a deck, this projector is a clever way to adapt. When travelling for business, a pocket projector lets you watch your shows on the go without balancing your laptop awkwardly in bed, saving you from the foibles of hotel-room TV.
The modular accessory ecosystem means it’s even great for hobbies. With the MagPlay Dual-Sided Mount and PowerPlay Magnetic Charging Stand, you can project images from overhead, too. That means you can bring it into the kitchen and project a YouTube recipe as you cook, saving the expense and faff of a kitchen TV. You can trace over images, cut sewing patterns, or display dungeon maps for tabletop gaming.
The ZIP and Boom projectors are great gadgets for parties, too. You can use them to project slideshows of family and friends without relying on a clunky, blurry TV. Because you can take them anywhere, it’s adaptable to different circumstances. If you’ve booked out a room above a pub for a birthday but there’s no TV to display photos of your friends at their best, portable projectors like these are a smart choice.
While the ZIP is all about portability and flexibility, the BOOM series is designed as a more complete home entertainment setup, better suited for living rooms, family use, and longer viewing sessions. Aurzen’s BOOM Series of projectors offers a range of high-quality features that make them perfect for family use at home. Both the BOOM mini and air project 1080p natively but support 4K for incredibly detailed video. Each has SGS-certified brightness ratings for true brightness and colours, just as the director intended. Best of all, both projectors — even the portable BOOM air — can scale images up to a whopping 200 inches for incredible immersion, nearly twice as big as the largest TV Tom’s Guide has ever tested.
As well as detailed high definition, both projectors offer Dolby Audio, perfect for family movie nights. Though you can connect to a soundbar with Bluetooth, the dual 10W speakers in the BOOM mini mean you may not even need to.
Crucially, these projectors have built-in Google TV, too. A common issue with many projectors is that they don’t support common streamers like Netflix and Disney+. Plenty of tech fans have bought a projector without realising that it doesn’t support their favourite platforms, turning an expensive projector into little more than a monitor. Instead, both of these projectors support a huge range of streaming apps, from family content on iPlayer to sports on ESPN and even niche streamers like CrunchyRoll.
It’s perfect for every room. One of the best features is that you can tilt both the mini and air BOOM projectors between 0 and 110 degrees. Have a loft conversion with an awkward tilted ceiling? This can tilt to the exact angle you need. Want to watch TV in bed — not just propped up on a pillow, but as comfy as you can be, laid out flat? The BOOM series is perfect. The Time-of-Flight Autofocus makes this easy to set up, too. Aim the projector at the wall, and your image will adjust itself to focus, saving you from tedious calibration.
That makes both the Boom mini and air perfect options with the men’s FIFA World Cup on the horizon, too. If your family is too big to squeeze into the front room, you can take everyone out to the fresh air and project matches off a screen or even a garden wall. BOOM air also includes a USB-C port, which supports 65W power bank charging, so you could even take it camping.
On top of all of that, these projectors are now on offer. Starting from March 25, the limited-edition Aurzen ZIP Cyber drops from £469.99 to £281.99 if you buy it from Aurzen. However, it’s a limited-time offer, so you need to be fast.
There are limited discounts on its BOOM projectors, too. From March 24th, the Aurzen Boom mini drops from £349.99 to £237.49 at Amazon, and the Boom air from £219.99 to an incredible £179.99 at Amazon.
